Steven Moffat co-wrote the Tintin movie, so is probably aware of Rascar Capac (bloody creepy he is too!)

@lisa  The TARDIS has already run the program for disguise as a pyramid – in ‘Logopolis’…..

On a sad note, (In the next issue of DWM) Steven Moffat reveals why this episode is not as strong as it should have been.

Bloody…[Read more]

@Lisa @brewski how many monks have we seen? I seem to recall at some point it being said you need six people to properly pilot a Tardis…

Without checking I seem to remember there being at least five in the glowy string room.

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An alien race running a ‘matrix’  like simulation to figure out the best way to invade the Earth. Just interested in only the Earth?

it took a while to catch up on all the posts, this was from page 1, and i don’t think anyone else has responded to it…

but, i think this has to do with two things. the first is the obvious one, and ties…[Read more]

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>@blenkinsopthebrave: Love the video – thank you!

@lisa: Interesting and could explain why he wears his glasses a lot.

>@janetteb:  Agree with @mudlark that the Doctor does not appear to be telling Nardole the truth about anything and may well be exaggerating his blindness. I wonder how much Nardole really knows about the Doctor.
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@lisa; What a treat!  thank you for posting.

Missy

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My suspicion is that the Doctor has A LOT of influence at St Luke’s. 50 (or 70) years will get you that. Not many secrets you don’t know. not many kindnesses you can’t perform.

@lisa Hmmmm, in Gridlock? All the wild theories we could spin surrounding this.

Sherlock’s sister is SO in the vault. (;

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P.S. As a retired university professor, I should also add that the grandeur of the Doctor’s office at the university also demonstrates why fiction is far more desirable than reality…

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Yes, the Doctor was reflected in the photo and he had gone back in time to create the box of memories for Bill. And presumably broken into Bill’s and her foster mother’s flat to leave the box.

I need to say that if an actual university professor had done anything like that…well, I probably do not need to finish the sentence!

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@lisa   Yes, dystopia is us right now — or we fear we’re becoming that, and are checking out how bad it can get so we can reassure ourselves that at least we’re not *there* yet (full-on 1984, or Fahrenheit 451, or Handmaid’s Tale et al).

As for Raptures and Turnings etc., I think we’re at a place of critical choices.  The reactionary backlash r…[Read more]

@mudlark   Thanks for the Roman rundown; and of course no exact parallels are expected.  But we certainly have the “bread and circuses”, and the foreign military adventuring (although we’re massively worse at that than Rome was, seems to me) . . . with other major powers active around the globe (China, India, and now Russia), the basic situation l…[Read more]

Hello all, I have been gone a while. Stuff happens.

@ichabod, @mudlark, @lisa, Totally agree about Pence. There is something about him that conjures up images of a right-wing Christian theocracy with police state trimmings.

@pedant Yes, you are clearly correct, but you do realise that you are somewhat like a doctor who has exactly the right…[Read more]

@lisa      Re Hillary Clinton. Speaking from a Canadian point of view, here she would actually be considered a centre-right politician, with a progressive streak in some areas. Before the Harper years, this type of right-wing party was as right as it usually got in Canada! But many Canadians understand why support for Sanders never really tran…[Read more]

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Hey everyone, I’m open to suggestions on how to handle “Class” as it’s not going to be shown at the same time around the world.

I can set it up so each episode is treated like the Spoilers topic. Seems the best solution to me. But if you have better ideas please let me know.

By the way @Lisa has posted the three trailers released today in the…[Read more]

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I think he may have been a tad disingenuous

I think ‘disingenuous’ is an interesting word to use in the wider context of this debate.

For example, your Oncologist friend, who is complaining that the EU limits her working hours, may be being a little bit disingenuous in her presentation of the issue. Because I know it to be a…[Read more]

@lisa   Oh, this is getting beyond ridiculous.  Professor Dougan is not an ‘EU lawyer’; he is an academic, Professor of European Law at Liverpool university, who happens to be one of the foremost authorities on EU law in the country.  And, in case you were unaware of this fact, the title Professor in the UK means that he is head of his Depar…[Read more]

@Whisht  @puroandson

I did it!  I walked into the city and back, a round trip of just over two miles, towing a laden wheeled shopping bag on the way back.  I tucked a folding walking stick into the bag in case of need, but it wasn’t required, My legs felt very slightly unsteady to begin with but  … freedom, and no pain 🙂

@lisa   I looked…[Read more]